After months of working on the high-tech underground tunnels, Elon Musk’s Boring Company has finally announced a date when the first tunnel will open, and it’s sooner than expected.
CEO Musk’s Boring Company has been digging underground rapid transit tunnels in Los Angeles for quite a while. Musk announced via Twitter on Tuesday that the first high-tech tunnel is almost finished and will be inaugurated on December 10, offering free rides to the public the following night.
Opens Dec 10
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018
Opening event that night & free rides for the public next day
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018
Elon Musk now building high-speed electric trains in Chicago
The Verge explained, the two-mile high-speed test tunnel is located underneath Musk’s SpaceX’s headquarters in California and is a proof of concept for an underground public transportation system, aiming to transport passengers and vehicles under the congested roads, on autonomously driven electric platforms dubbed as ‘skates’. The skates are supposed to transport eight to 16 passengers, or one passenger vehicle, along with magnetic rails at speeds of up to 155mph.
Pretty close, actually
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018
I think real
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018
Moreover, due to Musk’s efforts in underground transport systems, the Boring Company was selected to build a rapid transit link between downtown Chicago to O’Hare International Airport. The tech entrepreneur also previously announced his plans to build a second tunnel in LA. Also, Musk has also talked about plans to make an underground hyperloop system.